Mucus Rheology: an innovative tool for your exciting projects
Boost your academic and clinical research with mucus analysis
Mucus is a gel formed by highly crosslinked molecular network of mucins, with various covalent and non-covalent bonds, leading to its viscoelastic nature!
Mucus is a viscoelastic gel that displays viscous liquid – and elastic solid behaviours. These viscoelastic properties provide relevant and reliable biophysical markers:
- Patient stratification
- Drug treatment efficacy and pharmacodynamics
- Drug delivery efficacy
- Medical device validation
- Mucus and inflammation research
Mucus rheology will quantify the elastic, viscous and plastic properties of mucus!
Pathological mucus in lungs
Lung muco-obstructive diseases have been the most commonly targeted therapeutic area using mucus rheology. This therapeutic area includes:
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis (CF),
- Primary Cilliary Dyskinesia (PCD),
- Severe asthma,
- Bronchiectasis
- Other muco-obstructive diseases